Your story proves that being in the game creates opportunities you can’t plan for.

What’s your game plan for managing the park — hands-on or hiring a property manager?  

Each grouping had a common room (perhaps it was shared by multiple groupings ... this was a detail I missed) with a nurses/aid workers office.Central to the two sides of the complex were common facilities such as a dining hall, gym {perhaps a pool ... another detail I missed}, theatre &  games room.With one of the fastest growing groups in our society being single people, we are examining a related idea of a  complex / building providing a modest-sized 1-bdroom "apartment" with more semi-private and common amenities.When I read the title to your thread, I thought it was a project proposing to mix students and seniors into a single complex ... and came in thinking, this ought to be interesting :-) 

In other words, all the other MTR hosts are dealing with the same expense.To control this expense, I always recommend an utility cap where tenants are charged for any usage over an established dollar amount.  

He didn’t just answer my questions—he showed me how this game is played at a much higher level.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

Look, we were for most part playing a game of American Football for a long time.

How did you establish trust with your investors when you were starting out?

That's all you bring to the game.